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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912
'Pride and Prejudice" is a uniquely sensitive love story. 7
wmv.dailytrojan.com
November 16, 2005
Vol. CXLV1I, No. 60
4 robberies occur in 5 days
A black male with a pistol approached an individual Monday near the university.
By STEVEN CHEN
Staff Writer
A student was cut with a knife Tuesday after three suspects approached the student and demanded money, according to a Department of Public Safety crime alert.
The robbery was the fourth incident in the past five days. Officials at DPS were unavailable for comment.
Two students were walking on the 3700 block of Vermont Avenue at 1:00 a.m. when three males, two Hispanic and one black, demanded money. During the robbery, a suspect cut one of the students.
According to the crime alert, the Hispanic men were both 5-foot-8 and between 19- to 20-years-old.
There was no further description of the third suspect and all three suspects fled in a white four-door car after cutting the student.
On Monday, an individual walk-
ing at the 800 block of Jefferson Boulevard at 5:30 p.m. was approached by a 20- to 22-year-old black male who showed a semi-automatic pistol and demanded money. The individual complied and the suspect left the area on foot, according to the crime alert.
A third robbery occurred Sunday evening at 6:10 p.m. when an individual was walking on Hoover and 30th streets when he was approached by two suspects.
The two suspects were described as Hispanic males, one 20- to 25-years-old and the other 15- to 17-years-old. They told the victim to stop near some trees at the location and demanded money.
No weapons were involved and after the suspects took his money, they fled on foot.
Last Friday, a student was walking at 3:15 p.m. at 915 W. 23rd St. when an 18- to 25-year-old Hispanic male approached him with a gun and demanded his wallet.
The suspect was described as 5-foot-9 and 175 pounds with a goatee, according to a crime alert released by DPS.
Architecture school looks worldwide for new dean
The committee was created in September, since Robert H. Timme planned to resign.
By GUENSIE GRECY
Contributing Writer
With the death of Robert H. Timme, former dean of architecture at USC, the USC School of Architecture has begun an international search for a new dean.
A search committee for a new dean was created in September, prior to , Timme’s death, since he had planned to step down anyway, said Rad Probst, executive assistant to Executive Vice Provost Barry Glassner.
Timme died from complications of lung cancer in October.
Madeline Puzo, dean of the USC School of Theatre, is chairing the search committee, which consists of about
12 people — faculty, staff and two architecture students chosen by the provost's office.
Most of the faculty and staff who are participating in the committee are from within the architecture school. The two students who are on the committee are elected representatives of the graduate and undergraduate programs at the USC School of Architecture.
Puzo said it is tradition for a dean to head the search for another dean. Timme happened to chair the committee to find a dean of theater, which chose Puzo.
The committee is currently soliciting applications nationally and internationally.
Puzo said the committee is in search of someone with a strong professional background.
“Some of the qualities we are look-
I see Search, page 11 I
Rachel Elias I Daily Trojan
Death. This banner was displayed Tuesday as part of the International Speaking Tour and Week of Action Against Coca-Cola. An employee of a Coca-Cola factory in Colombia spoke about violence he said occurs.
Coke employee tells of deaths
The United StudenLs Against Sweatshops organizer said thousands have been killed
By GUENSIE GRECY
Contributing Writer
William Mendoza, an employee in a Coca-Cola factory in Colombia, and Camilo Romero, a national organizer for United Students Against Sweatshops, spoke Tuesday night alleging that the Coca-Cola Corporation engages in oppressive, violent practices.
Fliers with a headline reading "Always Profits Over People, Always Coca-Cola,” were placed around campus to promote the event, which attracted a crowd of about 40 students and non-students. The
event was part of the International Speaking Tour and Week of Action Against Coca-Cola.
‘‘On June 18, 2002 paramilitary made an attempt to kidnap and kill my 4- year-old daughter. They told me
• I was lucky because they had planned to return my daughter to me in a plastic bag," Mendoza said.
Mendoza, whose words were translated by Romero, began his speech by talking about unions in Colombia.
“Colombia, unfortunately, has the shameful distinction of being the most dangerous place for unionists," Mendoza said. “Three out of five unionists murdered are Colombian.”
Mendoza then went on to explain the situation that is causing unrest among workers in Colombia.
Mendoza said the paramilitary, which is an armed group that operates under the protection of the state, has a symbiotic relationship with transnational corporations such as Coca-Cola.
"Transnational corporations ! pay the paramilitary to get rid of any groups that attempt (o rise up from the oppression of these corporations," Mendoza said. “Four thousand of my co-workers have been assassinated.”
Mendoza said the most violent of the transnational corporations is Coca-Cola.
“As of three and a half years ago,
1 have to have two body guards, ride in an armored car and wear a bulletproof vest at night," Mendoza said.
I see Cofca page 10
Senate hosts health center town hall
The second Student Senate forum addressed adequate campus health facilities.
By JOANNA LIN
Suff Writer
Student Senate hosted its second town hall forum Tuesday to discuss the University Park Health Center and health insurance, issues Senate said are of increasing student concern.
In January 2004, Senate passed a resolution to urge USC administra-
tion and the Board of Trustees to create a new health center facility.
The health center is "trying to accommodate students with (its) resources," said Ben Ferrara, assistant director of Campus Affairs and chairman of the Student Health Advisory Council, a voluntary student organization that communicates student health concerns to the UPHC Executive Director.
But the health center, which was built in 1949. is experiencing increased patient volume and lagging behind other leading universities, Ferrara said.
More than 75,000 patients used Aiiirlf
the health center during the 2002- (|WCn
3003 school year, an increase of more Pspfc
than 40,000 patients from 1996- Idtlo
1997. —
And the average space per stu- More than
dent at other university health cen- 75,000
ters. including Stanford. UCLA and patients used
UC Berkeley, is 1.76 square feet per the USC
student versus 0.67 square feet per health center
student at USC. according to the dunng the
Senate resolution. 2002-2003
The number one student concern school year,
regarding the UPHC. according to The center
the resolution, is lack of privacy. was built
I see SmaU page 10 in 1949.
INDEX
Under head coach Mark Trakh. the Women of Troy are looking to the future. 16
Blurred line between church and state is problematic. 4
News Digest---------1 Sport*.............IS
Upcoming------------1 ('Unified*.........12 l ,
Opinions............♦ Ufettyle------------T 1__
WEATHER
Today: Sunny. High of S3, low of 51 Tomorrow: Mostly sunny. High 79, low 51
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INSIDE
Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912
'Pride and Prejudice" is a uniquely sensitive love story. 7
wmv.dailytrojan.com
November 16, 2005
Vol. CXLV1I, No. 60
4 robberies occur in 5 days
A black male with a pistol approached an individual Monday near the university.
By STEVEN CHEN
Staff Writer
A student was cut with a knife Tuesday after three suspects approached the student and demanded money, according to a Department of Public Safety crime alert.
The robbery was the fourth incident in the past five days. Officials at DPS were unavailable for comment.
Two students were walking on the 3700 block of Vermont Avenue at 1:00 a.m. when three males, two Hispanic and one black, demanded money. During the robbery, a suspect cut one of the students.
According to the crime alert, the Hispanic men were both 5-foot-8 and between 19- to 20-years-old.
There was no further description of the third suspect and all three suspects fled in a white four-door car after cutting the student.
On Monday, an individual walk-
ing at the 800 block of Jefferson Boulevard at 5:30 p.m. was approached by a 20- to 22-year-old black male who showed a semi-automatic pistol and demanded money. The individual complied and the suspect left the area on foot, according to the crime alert.
A third robbery occurred Sunday evening at 6:10 p.m. when an individual was walking on Hoover and 30th streets when he was approached by two suspects.
The two suspects were described as Hispanic males, one 20- to 25-years-old and the other 15- to 17-years-old. They told the victim to stop near some trees at the location and demanded money.
No weapons were involved and after the suspects took his money, they fled on foot.
Last Friday, a student was walking at 3:15 p.m. at 915 W. 23rd St. when an 18- to 25-year-old Hispanic male approached him with a gun and demanded his wallet.
The suspect was described as 5-foot-9 and 175 pounds with a goatee, according to a crime alert released by DPS.
Architecture school looks worldwide for new dean
The committee was created in September, since Robert H. Timme planned to resign.
By GUENSIE GRECY
Contributing Writer
With the death of Robert H. Timme, former dean of architecture at USC, the USC School of Architecture has begun an international search for a new dean.
A search committee for a new dean was created in September, prior to , Timme’s death, since he had planned to step down anyway, said Rad Probst, executive assistant to Executive Vice Provost Barry Glassner.
Timme died from complications of lung cancer in October.
Madeline Puzo, dean of the USC School of Theatre, is chairing the search committee, which consists of about
12 people — faculty, staff and two architecture students chosen by the provost's office.
Most of the faculty and staff who are participating in the committee are from within the architecture school. The two students who are on the committee are elected representatives of the graduate and undergraduate programs at the USC School of Architecture.
Puzo said it is tradition for a dean to head the search for another dean. Timme happened to chair the committee to find a dean of theater, which chose Puzo.
The committee is currently soliciting applications nationally and internationally.
Puzo said the committee is in search of someone with a strong professional background.
“Some of the qualities we are look-
I see Search, page 11 I
Rachel Elias I Daily Trojan
Death. This banner was displayed Tuesday as part of the International Speaking Tour and Week of Action Against Coca-Cola. An employee of a Coca-Cola factory in Colombia spoke about violence he said occurs.
Coke employee tells of deaths
The United StudenLs Against Sweatshops organizer said thousands have been killed
By GUENSIE GRECY
Contributing Writer
William Mendoza, an employee in a Coca-Cola factory in Colombia, and Camilo Romero, a national organizer for United Students Against Sweatshops, spoke Tuesday night alleging that the Coca-Cola Corporation engages in oppressive, violent practices.
Fliers with a headline reading "Always Profits Over People, Always Coca-Cola,” were placed around campus to promote the event, which attracted a crowd of about 40 students and non-students. The
event was part of the International Speaking Tour and Week of Action Against Coca-Cola.
‘‘On June 18, 2002 paramilitary made an attempt to kidnap and kill my 4- year-old daughter. They told me
• I was lucky because they had planned to return my daughter to me in a plastic bag," Mendoza said.
Mendoza, whose words were translated by Romero, began his speech by talking about unions in Colombia.
“Colombia, unfortunately, has the shameful distinction of being the most dangerous place for unionists," Mendoza said. “Three out of five unionists murdered are Colombian.”
Mendoza then went on to explain the situation that is causing unrest among workers in Colombia.
Mendoza said the paramilitary, which is an armed group that operates under the protection of the state, has a symbiotic relationship with transnational corporations such as Coca-Cola.
"Transnational corporations ! pay the paramilitary to get rid of any groups that attempt (o rise up from the oppression of these corporations," Mendoza said. “Four thousand of my co-workers have been assassinated.”
Mendoza said the most violent of the transnational corporations is Coca-Cola.
“As of three and a half years ago,
1 have to have two body guards, ride in an armored car and wear a bulletproof vest at night," Mendoza said.
I see Cofca page 10
Senate hosts health center town hall
The second Student Senate forum addressed adequate campus health facilities.
By JOANNA LIN
Suff Writer
Student Senate hosted its second town hall forum Tuesday to discuss the University Park Health Center and health insurance, issues Senate said are of increasing student concern.
In January 2004, Senate passed a resolution to urge USC administra-
tion and the Board of Trustees to create a new health center facility.
The health center is "trying to accommodate students with (its) resources," said Ben Ferrara, assistant director of Campus Affairs and chairman of the Student Health Advisory Council, a voluntary student organization that communicates student health concerns to the UPHC Executive Director.
But the health center, which was built in 1949. is experiencing increased patient volume and lagging behind other leading universities, Ferrara said.
More than 75,000 patients used Aiiirlf
the health center during the 2002- (|WCn
3003 school year, an increase of more Pspfc
than 40,000 patients from 1996- Idtlo
1997. —
And the average space per stu- More than
dent at other university health cen- 75,000
ters. including Stanford. UCLA and patients used
UC Berkeley, is 1.76 square feet per the USC
student versus 0.67 square feet per health center
student at USC. according to the dunng the
Senate resolution. 2002-2003
The number one student concern school year,
regarding the UPHC. according to The center
the resolution, is lack of privacy. was built
I see SmaU page 10 in 1949.
INDEX
Under head coach Mark Trakh. the Women of Troy are looking to the future. 16
Blurred line between church and state is problematic. 4
News Digest---------1 Sport*.............IS
Upcoming------------1 ('Unified*.........12 l ,
Opinions............♦ Ufettyle------------T 1__
WEATHER
Today: Sunny. High of S3, low of 51 Tomorrow: Mostly sunny. High 79, low 51
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